Selwyn Times: November 01, 2016

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Tuesday November 1 2016
SPORTS
SELWYN TIMES
SWEET SUCCESS: Bernard Christeller and Belinda Edmond
won the Suckling Trophy at Rhodes Park Domain, Tai Tapu, on
Sunday and a new tennis and netball pavilion was opened.
New tennis pavilion
opened in Tai Tapu
• By Tom Doudney
A NEW tennis and netball
pavilion was opened at Rhodes
Park Domain on Sunday in
conjunction with the Tai Tapu
Tennis Club’s annual Suckling
Trophy tournament.
The previous pavilion and
tennis courts at the domain in
Tai Tapu were damaged in the
September 2010 earthquake and
the courts were replaced in 2013
at a different part of the domain,
less prone to earthquake damage.
Tai Tapu Tennis Club president
Belinda Edmond said funding
for the new pavilion had come
from several sources, including
insurance money, the district
council, club fundraising and,
crucially, a substantial donation
from an anonymous local
benefactor.
Club member Mark Morrish
had put in a lot of time overseeing
the building process.
“We’ve had a huge amount of
community support, it has been
quite humbling and overwhelming
really,” Edmond said.
“We believe it is the prettiest
tennis environment in Ellesmere
and we’re very excited to have [the
pavilion] back.”
Edmond and her mixed doubles
partner Bernard Christeller won
the Suckling Trophy tournament.
SPEED MACHINE: Rolleston’s Zac Christensen, 12, broke a track record on the way to winning
his first South Island Sprint Championships karting title. He won the final, hosted by KartSport
Canterbury in Halswell, with a time of 34.007 seconds, four seconds ahead of second place.
Zac, who races in the junior restricted class, has had a great year, winning events including
the Mainland Series, Southern Series, Spirit of the Nation Southland and the Jason Richards
Memorial Meeting in Nelson. He also races regularly in the North Island and finished fourth
overall in the Wellington Provincial Karting Association series. Zac’s goal now is to win a New
Zealand title at next year’s National Sprint Championships, hosted by KartSport Invercargill, on
Easter weekend. He is looking for local businesses to provide sponsorship and enable him to
go further in the sport.
PHOTO: LLOYD PALMER PHOTOGRAPHY
Tight at the top of the bowls table
• By Karolyn Boon
THE ELLESMERE Cup
competition is still tight with
only two points separating the
top four teams.
Leeston 1 are holding onto the
lead with eight points followed
by Diamond Harbour, Lincoln 1,
Lincoln 5 and Lincoln 6 all on six
points.
In the Chatterton Cup, Tai
Tapu are still in the lead after five
rounds.
Sitting on 34 points, they will
be hard to knock off now, but
with a possible eight points each
up for grabs on Saturday, some
of the other contenders like
Diamond Harbour may not be
far behind.
Double header competitions
in Christchurch this year, due
to the World Bowls Championships
later this month, have
affected the scheduling of the
Rooster competition and not all
teams have played all rounds to
date. This means competition
may need to be completed after
Christmas.
With one game in hand, Dunsandel
are in second place on 16
points with Lincoln 3 leading on
18. It is still anyone’s competition
at this stage, but with only two
rounds to complete the competition,
some teams will have to get
some big scores to jump ahead.
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